Engineers are flying to the South Atlantic in a fresh push to bring a rusting World War One trawler back to England. The Viola has been rusting on the island of South Georgia for decades. If the ...
The historic steam trawler Viola could return to Hull as early as next summer from the shores of the southern Atlantic. The vessel sailed from Hull more than 100 years ago and currently stands ...
The Trust set up to bring the historic steam trawler Viola back from the South Atlantic to her home in Hull is to launch Virtual Viola. This virtual reality depiction of the Viola has been created by ...
The Empire Persia has been towed to a ship recycling facility in Denmark, where it will be broken up The last of the fishing trawlers requisitioned by the UK government to take part in the Falklands ...
An historic trawler, originally from the city of Hull could be returned to the city as part of commemorations to mark the centenary of the First World War. The ‘Viola’, which is currently rusting in ...
Two great survivors could be reunited later this year '“ if the ship comes in. Eric Tharratt, 99, is looking forward to the homecoming of the Viola '“ the 110-year-old steam trawler his father ...
With her hulk rusting in the icy waters of the South Atlantic, it is a job to imagine the Viola in action in the First World War and harder still to fathom how she later sparked the Falklands War. For ...
There are hopes to bring the vessel back from South Georgia to Hull for the UK City of Culture 2017 celebrations. Viola sailed off to war with a Hull crew in September 1914 “and has yet to return from ...